A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : adapted to North America, with a view to the improvement of country residences ; comprising historical notices and general principles of the art, directions for laying out gardens and arranging plantations, the description and cultivation of hardy trees, decorative accompaniments to the house and grounds, the formation of pieces of artificial water, flower gardens, etc. ; with remarks on rural architecture (1844)
Author: Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852
Subject: Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York ; London : Wiley and Putnam
Language: English
Call number: 2130019
Digitizing sponsor: NCSU Libraries
Book contributor: NCSU Libraries
Collection: americana
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Signatures: [A][superscript 4] B[superscript 4](-B4), 2-62[superscript 4] 63[superscript 2](-632); 16 leaves of plates
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